Move Ya Body: The Birth of House
Out of the underground dance clubs on the South Side of Chicago, a group of friends turn a new sound into a global movement. (Regie: Elegance Bratton)about
In the chaos of Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park, a teenage usher named Vince Lawrence witnessed the fiery backlash against disco—a sound that defined freedom and pride. Undeterred by the hostility, Vince used his earnings to buy a synthesizer, setting in motion a journey that would change music forever. Venturing into the underground sanctuary of The Warehouse, where Frankie Knuckles spun revolutionary sounds, Vince teamed up with Jesse Saunders to form Z Factor, a scrappy collective of visionaries who captured the pulse of Chicago’s underground on wax. Their track, On and On, became the first recorded house music anthem, sparking a movement that transformed a local DIY culture into a global phenomenon. From those gritty Chicago streets to festival stages worldwide, Vince’s story is an electrifying testament to how a dream, born in the ashes of rejection, ignited a genre that continues to unite and liberate people across the globe.
Programmtext
Ein Musikstil, geboren in der von Rassismus und Gewalt geprägten, vibrierenden USMetropole Chicago, erneuert das queere Versprechen, das „Mama“ Disco zuvor in die Welt gesetzt hatte: Die Befreiung beginnt in einem Safe Space mit Dancefloor. Elegance Bratton rekonstruiert den frühen Sound der Warehouses als Feedback zwischen Stadtund Musikgeschichte und lässt prägende Figuren wie Frankie Knuckles oder Vince Lawrence zu Wort kommen. House, das ist Euphorie und globales Business, für Fans der ersten Stunde eine transzendente Erfahrung wie der "Heilige Geist".
Move Ya Body: The Birth of House | R: Elegance Bratton | USA 2025 | 92 min | englische OV